‘Ghost Train’ by Arnold Ridley

The action this well known and often performed play by Arnold Ridley takes place in the General waiting Room at Fal Vale – a wayside station on the South Cornwall Joint Railway – with the Markhouse Drama Production featuring a ‘rare’ cameo performance by Cyril Malyon

Walthamstow Guardian Report May 1973.

Ghost Train Programme

Cast List

Saul Hodkin – Station Master – Cyril Malyon

Richard Winthrop – John Payne

Elsie – his Wife – Ann Hayden

Charles Murdoch – Junior Partner in Mudoch & Son – Peter Boulton

Peggy Murdoch – his newly married wife – Jill Hayden

Miss Bourne – Merrill Emms

Teddie Deakin – Peter Lee

Julia Price – Jane Halliday

Herbert Price – Ian Howard

John Sterling – John Cade

Jackson – Denis Heath

Staged by:

Len Powell

Lee Albiston

Carl Tegg

Lighting & Effects

John Taylor

Prompter

Lesley Morris

Costumes

June Allitt

Brenda Long

Produced by Cyril Malyon

The Author – Arnold Ridley

Arnold Ridley wrote ‘The Ghost Train’ in 1923 but perhaps his more contemporary fame, and certainly his familiarity to recent audiences, is through his performances in the ‘Dad’s Army’ Television series – where he played the part of the lovable Private Godfrey!